• DOI:10.1038/2161040b0
Corpus ID: 4207120

Respiration in Polyzoa (Ectoprocta)

@article{Ryland1967RespirationIP,
  title={Respiration in Polyzoa (Ectoprocta)},
  author={J. Ryland},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1967},
  volume={216},
  pages={1040-1041}
}

J. Ryland

Published 1967

Chemistry

Nature

THE accepted view that zooids of the Polyzoa (or Ectoprocta) are small enough for gaseous exchange to be achieved by diffusion has recently been challenged. Mangum and Schopf1, having measured oxygen consumption in Bugula turrita, concluded that diffusion alone was insufficient to supply oxygen to all parts of the zooid. They proposed a circulation of body fluid, brought about by the periodically repeated process of retraction and protrusion of the lophophore and tentacles, which is observed in… CONTINUE READING

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